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Seleucid Legal Text (Sale Of A House Plot)

UnknownHellenistic Period, Seleucid Dynasty, 10 July 223 BC

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Chicago, United States

This Akkadian legal text is dated to July 10, 223 BC. It shows the appearance of cuneiform towards the end of the script's life. The text is a deed recording the sale of some house plots in Uruk during the Seleucid period.

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